Rick Hutcheson for Palm Springs City Council

For Immediate Release

Contact: Rick Hutcheson
760-325-9094
Rick@RickHutcheson.com

PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE RICK HUTCHESON GENERATES BROAD SUPPORT WITH ENDORSEMENTS FROM WIDE SPECTRUM OF COMMUNITY LEADERS

Palm Springs, CA, August 29, 2007 – Candidate for City Council Rick Hutcheson continues to receive endorsements and support across-the-board from a wide variety of individuals in key leadership roles in Palm Springs. Recent endorsements in support of Hutcheson include:

Chair, Airport Commission, Robert Elsner
Chair, Planning Commission, Dianne Marantz
Chair, Police Advisory Board, Jack Becker
Chair, Public Arts Commission, Michael Stern
Chair, Resource Conservation Commission, Roger Tansey
Judge Art Block
Past President, Mizell Senior Center Board, and Past District Governor of Rotary
International, Carrie Allen
Frank Gaydos5
Ed Torres
Peter Moruzzi
President Pro-Tem, Palm Springs Public Library Board, Matt Bousquette
Vice Chair, Architectural Advisory Committee, Chris Sahlin
Vice Chair, Human Rights Commission, Barbara Barrett
Vice Chair, Historic Site Preservation Board, Jade Nelson

In addition, the California Desert Association of Realtors PAC, the Palm Springs Police Officers Association, and the San Bernardino/Riverside Central Labor Council are supporting Hutcheson’s candidacy, along with more than 250 Palm Springs individual residents listed as supporters on the www.RickHutcheson.com website.

“Palm Springs needs Rick Hutcheson’s level-headed approach to the many issues and opportunities facing our city,” said Airport Commission Chair Robert Elsner, who also served as interim CEO of the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce. “His experience, temperament and vision are absolutely essential for the responsible future of Palm Springs.”

Roger Tansey, Chair of the Palm Springs Resource Conservation Commission, added, “Rick understands the need to balance development with the environment, preserving the beauty that brought us here in the first place, while developing a vibrant and growing city.”

Hutcheson responded, “I think the broad interests reflected by my supporters demonstrate the urgency and scope of the issues City Council must address after this election. These individuals and organizations are sending an important message that improving public safety, addressing downtown development and preservation, boosting our tourism and real estate industries, and conservation & environmental concerns are of utmost importance to the citizens of Palm Springs. And these issues reflect the core goals for my campaign.”

Rick Hutcheson is a Palm Springs planning commissioner and co-owner of Vacation Palm Springs and Greater Palm Springs Realty. For more information on Rick Hutcheson’s City Council campaign, please go to www.RickHutcheson.com.

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